Lamar Jackson wowed fans connected Thursday nighttime with an outrageous scramble during his team's triumph implicit the Bengals.
With Baltimore facing a 2nd-and-9 from the Cincinnati 11 successful the 3rd quarter, Jackson was forced backmost by the Bengals' walk unreserved arsenic helium backtracked past the 30-yard-line.
Incredibly, though, helium managed to evade the defenders and locomotion a tightrope down the sideline to summation a archetypal down earlier being tackled wrong the one-yard-line.
The unthinkable 10-yard-gain - which acceptable up a Derrick Henry touchdown tally - really saw Jackson question 58 yards crossed the field, and fans were successful awe of what they witnessed.
'You can’t adjacent bash this connected Madden… the stamina barroom doesn’t fto you,' 1 said connected X.
Lamar Jackson wowed fans with an unbelievable tally successful the 2nd fractional vs. the Bengals
The backmost was serenaded by 'MVP' chants aft his four-touchdown performance
'Lamar is simply a antithetic breed,' different said.
According to NFL Next Gen Stats, who accounted for the 58 yards helium traveled connected the play, Jackson besides did not transverse the enactment of scrimmage until 10. 1 seconds aft the snap.
He besides had conscionable a 4 percent accidental of gaining a archetypal down connected the play, they said.
'As agelong arsenic it's not 0%, Lamar tin enactment with it,' a instrumentality replied.
However, immoderate viewed the feat arsenic an indictment connected the NFL's existent rules for defenders, with 1 saying, 'This happens erstwhile the defence is frightened to deed the QB.'
After the game, Jackson told Amazon Prime Video's postgame show, 'I should've scored... should've been 59 [yards].
Lamar Jackson traveled 58.1 yards to summation 10 and a archetypal down, mounting up a Derrick Henry 1-yard TD 1 play later.
Jackson did not transverse the enactment of scrimmage until 10.1 seconds aft the drawback and had conscionable a 4.0% probability of gaining a archetypal down.#CINvsBAL | #RavensFlock pic.twitter.com/0X32KZa5DH
— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) November 8, 2024Jackson finished the crippled with 4 passing touchdowns and 290 yards done the aerial arsenic the Ravens scored 21-fourth 4th points to eke retired a melodramatic 35-34 comeback win.
The high-octane, backmost and distant matter featured respective agelong touchdowns and an outrageous 264-yard, three-score nighttime for Ja'Marr Chase, but the Ravens yet came retired connected apical aft trailing 21-7.
Their immense 4th fourth was kickstarted by an 84-yard drawback and tally touchdown by receiver Tylan Wallace, though Chase promptly replied with a 70-yard touchdown conscionable 13 seconds aboriginal (after a 67-yard people for him the 4th prior).
Baltimore scored a touchdown connected 4 consecutive drives to extremity the game, and the last of those enactment them up 7 with 1:49 remaining arsenic Rashod Bateman caught a four-yard lob from Jackson.
But the Bengals had 1 much answer.
Ja'Marr Chase played the crippled of a beingness but coiled up connected the losing extremity connected Thursday
The Bengals opted to spell for 2 alternatively of kicking a game-tying other constituent - but the walk effort to Tanner Hudson fell incomplete
Cincinnati drove down the tract with Burrow and Chase connecting erstwhile again for a five-yard touchdown, mounting up a would-be tying other constituent with 38 seconds left.
Instead, manager Zac Taylor opted to spell for 2 but a walk effort to Tanner Hudson fell incomplete.
An unsuccessful onside footwear subsequently signaled the extremity of the crippled for the Bengals (4-6) and a heartbreaking sixth nonaccomplishment of the play for the visitors.
Meanwhile, Jackson and the Ravens improved to 7-3 pursuing the pivotal AFC North triumph - with the backmost being serenaded by 'MVP' chants aft the game.
Jackson present has 24 touchdowns against conscionable 2 interceptions this play and is surely successful bully presumption to triumph his 3rd MVP award.